BA Library Pop Talk: : Heroism in Anime, DC and the Marvel Universe

So, the library is hosting another event this month, February. Sharing the proposed activity here in the blog.

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVE:

The People Power Revolution of 1986 took place on EDSA in the month of February. It was an age populated by different political and religious personalities that turned the tide of Philippine politics and social life. It has been 37 years since. Many things have changed including the way we perceive and define heroes and heroism, villains and villainy and the characters and personalities that exist in between the spectrums. It is but appropriate to revisit this place where heroes and villains trod but from the lens of pop culture and literature, particularly comic books, graphic novels and popular superhero movies and films. The goal is to find parallels to the current political climate while exploring these relevant but controversial issues in a safe space, though masked and mirrored through art and literature.

For this purpose, the BA Library is sponsoring a POP Talk on the aforementioned topics and goals. The BA Library has invited Mr. Jamie Bautista to discuss the roles of heroes, villains and the rendition of heroism in Hero Academia, in the characters of Batman and Loki against the kinds of justice systems built around these worlds/universes.

 ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Jamie Bautista graduated cum laude from the Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in Communications, and has a Masters in Entrepreneurship degree from the Asian Center for Entrepreneurship and Asian Institute of Management.  He teaches classes at the Fine Arts Department at the Ateneo de Manila University and has taught at The Beacon School, Assumption College, and Xavier School.  He is the owner of Nautilus Graphic and Visual Designs, a small graphic design studio, and is the publisher of Chamber Shell Publishing which published the National Book Award winning Siglo: Freedom, Siglo: Passion, and The Mythology Class by Arnold Arre.  He is the co-creator of the comic series Cast and the National Book Award nominated all-ages detective comic series Private Iris.

TARGETED CORE VALUES:

    Adaptation

* The session is a creative way to revisit, or even reframe ones’ assumptions and perceptions about heroes and villains and the gray areas that exist between the two. This way, the listener or participant is led to an awareness of himself/herself in light of socio-political issues gleaned from a discussion of pop culture and literature.

     Bayanihan

* The session provides an avenue to look at duality, differences as well as commonalities. Such qualities are essential when we push for ideas and activities that involve cooperation, coordination and collaboration.

Connection

            * Fiction, pop culture and literature mirror our realities.